Google Images Within Web Results: Testing User Interface
On Friday, Moz posted on Google+ a user interface test that shows a couple things.
(1) It shows the…
Bug: Google’s Search Results Go Missing For Some Users
There are dozens of complaints, maybe hundreds, of Microsoft PC users having issues seeing search results within Google. There are several…
Ok Google Is Not Okay! It’s Spelled Wrong.
A Google Web Search Help thread has a couple of searchers who are upset with Google’s use of English. Specifically in their marketing and use of “Ok Google” for the hot word to trigger a search. They want Google to spell it either “OK Google” or “Ok…
iOS 6 Jailbreak & Google Search App Don’t Work Together
There are new complaints, since the Google search app was updated…
New Look For Medical Knowledge In Google’s Search Results
A WebmasterWorld thread has discussion around a new look for answers around medical or health related queries in Google.
The results, as described by a webmaster, “replaces results with content…
Google: We Don’t Control Content On The Web
I spotted a thread that is a common question in the Google Webmaster Help forums about removing content from showing up in Google. The response was even more interesting.
Google’s Eric Kuan…
Google Zeitgeist Live With Inspiring Video
I like to look back at things, when I have time. Google has published their 2013 Zeitgeist at google.com/zeitgeist.
It is obviously a nice way to look at all the keywords you may have missed out on. But obviously, you should not be targeting keyword…
Google: Let’s Go Caroling Card
There is a new Google Now card for a search on [Let’s Go Caroling], honestly, I am surprised it does not work on all Google searches.
In any event…
Google On IE11 Displays Left Aligned
Google and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 11 are not acting nicely together. In short, if you are using IE11 and you do a search at Google, the results will be extremely close to the left hand side of the page…
Google Goes Animated With Christmas Search Decorations
Every year, Google adds decorations to their search results for the holidays. They did it a couple weeks ago for Hanukkah and they do it every year for Christmas, Kwanzaa and heck, even Festivus.
This is the first year…
Reporting Offensive Images In Google Image Search
Google has been changing the way they let searchers report offensive images for years now.
Now…
Baby’s First Word: Google
Typically a baby’s first word is eat, mommy, daddy, no, yes, and stuff like that. But would you imagine that a baby’s first word would be Google…
Google’s NSFW Pearl Necklace Search Result Removed
Yesterday, at Search Engine Land, I covered how the search for the term [pearl necklace] on Google would return an inappropriate and mostly irrelevant search result in the top positions…
Mobile Google News Updated
Google announced on the Google News blog that the mobile version of Google News is now updated for Android and iOS devices.
The new look aims at giving users the ability to scan the news quicker and with more options…
Google On How To Make Better Mobile Web Sites
Maile Ohye, a Google developer lead who has worked on mobile and webmaster topics for a long time, shared on Google+ that she was fed up.
Well…
Happy Hanukkah: Check Out Google’s Dreidel Decorations
A search for [hanukkah] or [dreidel] or [menorah] or other Hanukkah related search terms, Google will show dreidel decorations in the Google search bar.
This year, instead of going with Jewish stars like they did in 2012…
OK Google: Give Me A Chrome Extension
Google announced a new Chrome extension that enables the “hotword” for searching Google without hands from your desktop – “OK Google.”
Yes, you can activate a Google search by saying “OK Google.” But only if you first navigate to google.com. Then, y…
Google’s White Ribbon Takes Down The UN Women Web Site
If you visit the Google home page globally, you will see a little white ribbon on under the search box…
Google Search Suggests “Gay Should Die”: Google Policy Team?
If you go to Google and enter into the search box [gay should ], Google will offer up suggestions…
The Google Glass Developer Kit Live: Here Are New Glassware
Yesterday, Google officially launched the Google Glass Developer Kit (GDK) that allows developers to build glassware that works in a more integrated way with Glass.